Text: Acts 8:26-39 Only weeks after the first Easter, Philip finds himself in the desert in the noonday heat. It is not long before an...

Text: Acts 1:15-26 Have you ever heard of a Christian apostle by the name of Justus? No worries. No one else has either. He gets one...

Text: John 21:2-19 (Read John 21:2-3) Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two...

Text: John 20:1-18 There is something special about being known by name. There is something in the way a lover can say your name that...

Texts: Mark 10:47-48; 11:9; 15:13-14 Holy Week starts with a shout. But it is not the familiar shout of “Hosanna, loud hosanna!” heard...

Text: John 12:20-33 “Now, isn’t he the life of the party?!” I can imagine more than a few people asking that sarcastic question as they...

Texts: Jeremiah 31:31-34; John 8:1-10 I joined in a march at the state capitol yesterday. We gathered to call our legislators to pay more...

Text: Mark 2:1-12 I have met with quite a few undertakers over the years. I can’t say that I generally hold them in high regard. For what...